Fender and brake attachment for automobiles.



.7 PATENTED APR. 7, 1908. J. OLEARY. FENDER AND BRAKBATTAGHMBNT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

I APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24. 1907.

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I will: QZeafg .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JHN OLEARY, OF OOHOES, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD PENROSE,

OF OOHOES, NEW YORK.

FENDER AND BRAKE ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April '7, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OLEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cohoes, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented new" and useful I'mprovements in Fender and Brake Attachments for Automobiles, of which the followingris a specification.

his invention relates to fender and brake attachments for automobiles or motor cars and other like vehicles, and the primary object of thesame is to equi an automobile or motor car with a life guar means in the form of a fender so organized as to assume a posi tion in consonance with the arcuate movement of the front wheels of the automobile or car and be thus rendered especially effective as a means to obstruct the passage of the car over human beings when turning corners, the fender attachment automatically assuming an operative position low enough to take in the persongor' object struck and also manually operative or controllable by a driver or chauffeur.

Combined with the fender embodying the features of this improvement are brake shoes which may be brought into play or effectively contact with the front wheels at a time subsequent to the engagement of the fender with a person or ob ect inthe road, but such brake shoes do not immediately engage the front wheels when the fender meets fender is accomplished through the an obstruction to avoid throwing the obstruction that may'fall into the fender outwardly from the latter by bringing the automobile or car to a too sudden stop. The.

brake shoes are therefore made operative by independent means or by devices under control of the driver and are so connected as to be 0 erated independently of the fender and use at any time similarly to ordinary brakin attachments.

he fender and brake shoes are applied to the inner portions of the front wheels so asto leave the outer ortionsof said wheels free of any confining evices. The fender is also automatically raised to normal position after it has been struck and liberated by removing therefrom the object that may be caught up thereby. The automatic elevation of the mediumof spring devices which are of such tension that when the fender is lowered or depressed by contact with an object the brake shoes l jaill not be forced into contact with the portions of the wheels with which they cooperate, but are in such close proximit to the braking portions of the Wheels that tliey may be quickly ap lied with advantage in stopping the mac ine after the fender has performed its function. h

The invention also consists in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter specified.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal gear of an automobile showing the prove attachment applied thereto and also in longitudinal section, and illustrated as elevated, a part of the body of the automobile being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a similar view showin the fender in lowered or depressed position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the front portion of the running gear of an automobile showing the attments applied thereto. Fi 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion 0 the attachments.

Similar characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views. I

The numeral 1 designates the front axle of an automobile or car, and 2 the knuckles pivoted at the op osite ends of said axle and having stub s afts 3 projecting laterally therefrom. On the stub shafts or axles 3 the front wheels 4 are mounted and to the knuckles 2 a shifting rod or bar 5 is connected as usual and may have any suitable form of shifting mechanism connected thereto and operat1ve from the interior of the automobile or'car to control the movement of the front wheels to direct the course of the automobile or other vehicle. Brackets 6 are fixed on and move with the knuckles 2, the rear ends of the brackets having upwardly projectin the forward ends thereo being enlar ed and bored transversel to provide'suitable pivt'kbearings 8. Eac knuckle carries a single bracket'and pivotally held against the inner sides of the bearings 8 are fender arms 9; the latter bein connected to the M23588 by 'ivot pins 1 The arms 9 arep'iav to the ont extremities of the break Q at points below the upper extremities of thesaid arms, the upper ends of the arms being formed or provided with apertures or eyes 11 to which are attached the front terminals of retractile section of the front portion of the running lsorears7-andson or body struck into the fender.

connected to the lugs or ears 7. The arms 9 have their lower extremities laterally and outwardly deflected as at 13, the lower ends of the arms extendin forward in an approximately straight llne as at 14 and also provided with eyes 15. The arms 9 are referably formed from flat bars of metal an the lower extremities are given a twist at a suit.-. able angle to throwthem outwardly so that the lower extremity or forward engaging portion of the fender will have sufficient lateral extent to effectively serve as a guard in front of the wheels 4 and also permit the upper portions of the said arms to be spaced in such relation to each other as to operativel fit within or adjacent to the inner sides 0 the wheels 4, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. The lower extremities of the arms 9 have a coup ling bar 16 pivotally connected thereto as at 17 to cause the said arms to move in unison in opposite lateral directions andalso to strengthen the fender structure. In the eyes 15 the reduced extremities 18. of a roller 19v are loosel mounted, the object of this roller being to acilitate the mov'ementof; the per- A suitable net 20. is secured at its lower edgeto the coupling bar 16 and at its upper edgeis attached to a cable or analogous flexible device 21 terminally secured to the arms 9 above the brackets 6.

Projecting 1wardly from the inner slde of each arm 9 1s a headed stud 22having a loop or eye 23, the two studs 22 being in transverse alinement. On these studs 22 brake arms 24 are slid ably mounted and have slots 25 therein through which the studs project,

the slots 25 beinglong enough to ermitsuflicientplay of the said arms 24.

or secured to the intermediate port ons of the" ormed with said. sides of. the arms 24 are brake shoes 26 disposed at such an angle as to practically engage braking flanges 27 on the lnner sides of the ,wheels .4. The brake arms 24' and their shoes 26 are held in horizontal position by suspending links 28 pivotally attached at their n per ends to lugs or ears 29 depending from t e bracket arms 6 and movably se cured at-their lower ends against the outer sides of the brake arms 24. It is obvious that without some restrainin nieans, the brake attachment, as just explained, would slide against the braking flanges27 of the Wheels. 4when' the vehicle was ascending an incline, and to obviate thisdisadvantage a spring 30 is connectedto each eye 230i stud 22 and to an eye 31 on the outer side of the center of the brake shoe 26. The brake attachme'nt specified has a free sliding movement in connection with each fender arm 9, andwhen the fender is in normal position or. elevated as shown by Fig. 1, the innerterminalsof the slots 25 in the brake arms of each brake attachment will be located at a.

distance from the adjacent portions of the after the fender has caug studs 22, or, in other words, the studs will be out of contact with the rear terminals of the said slots. When the brake attachments are in this position the engaging faces of the braking shoes 26 will be held in advance of the braking flanges 27 owing to the fact that the said attachments w'ill gravitate forwardly and downwardly on the said studs 22.

When the fender is depressed as shown by Fig. 2, the fender arms 9 will be thrown rearwardly at the extremities thereof below the pivot pins 10, and the up er extremities of the said arms will be t rown forwardly against the resistance of the springs 12. The rearward movement of the arms 9 below the pivotal points of the latter .forces the brake arms 24 rearwardly by reason of the studs 22 engaging the rear extremities of the slots 25, and the braking surfaces of the shoes are brought into close proximity to the braking flanges 27 so that by a. simple operation which will be resently explalned, the said shoes ma be rought into full engagement with the raking flanges.

. To the rear ends of the brake arms 24 pull wires, chains, cables, er analogous devices 32 are secured and extend upwardly into the body of the automobile orcar where they may be attached to suitable brake applyin means. The coupling bar 16 also has pu cords, cables, or analogous devices 33 secured thereto and rearwardly conver ed towards a ring 34 having a single pull cor or analogous device 35 attached thereto and running back.

into the automobile or car and may be coupled or secured to a suitableoperating device.

The obje'ct of the cords or analogous devices 32 is to brin r the brake shoes 26 in contact with the bra ng flanges 27, and the opera tion .Jf the-cords or analogous devices 33 and 35 will cause the fender to be depressed prior tothe time that it may be struck by an object in the road in order to clear the road in advance of the automobile or car and when the wheels/,1, both in straight running and in curved movements of the automobile or car, and in addition brake attachments are al- 'ways in convenient position for application to the front wheels and which me be actuated independently. of the 'o eration of the fender, but serving as valuab e accessories to the fender to facihtate stopping the machine r t up a person or ob'ect in itscourse of movement.

urthermore, the fender and brake attachments heretofore described may be readily .a plied to automobiles or cars now in usea's t ere is no modification in the construction of these machines necessary to adapt them to fender and hence they may be conveniently reached for-tire repairs or substitutions and for other purposes without detaching any part of theifender organization.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. In an automobile, car or the like, the combination with the front axle, front wheels, and movable connectionscarried by the axle and to which the wheels are attached, of a fender secured to the said movable, connec-' tlons and havlng 1ts rear portions located wholly within the sides of the wheels.

2. In an automobile, or like vehicle, the combination with the front axle, front Wheels having braking means, and movable connections carried by the axle and to which the wheels are attached, of a fender connected to the; movable connections, and

brake attachments cooperating with POI. tions of the fender.

3. In an automobile, or like vehicle, the combination with the front axle, wheels, and movable connections carried by the axleand to which the wheels are attached, of a tender attached to said connections and positioned in advance of the front wheels to turn in unison with the said wheels and having its attached extremity wholly within the inner sides of the wheels.

4. In an automobile, or like vehicle, the combination with the front axle, of a fender carried by and movable with portions of theaxle and positioned in advance of the front wheels, and means for automaticall elevating the fender after the latter has een depressed.

5. In an automobile, or like vehicle, the combination with the front axle and wheels on the latter, of a fender in advance of the wheels and operative to turn in unison with said wheels, and, means for automatically elevatingthe fender after the latter has been depressed.

6. In an automobile, or like veh cle, the combination with the front axle and wheels thereon, of a fender disposed in advance of and movable in opposite, lateral directions in consonance with the arcuate movement of.

said wheels to always serve as a guard means in advance of the wheels irrespective of the.

-direction of movement of the latter, and

means for automatically elevating the fender after the latterhas been depressed.

7. In an automobile, or like vehicle, the

- combination with the front axle andwheels thereon, of a fender disposed in advance of and movable-in opposite lateral directions in consonance with the arcuate movement of said wheels to always serve as a guard means in advance of the wheels irrespective of the direction of-movement of'the latter,

yielding means for holding the fender in norfront mally elevated position, and manually opera-' tive means connected to the fender for depressing the latter.

. 8. The combination with an automobile or i vated, and manually o erative means at tached to the fender for epressing the same.

9. The combination with an automobile, or like vehicle, rovided with front movable axle members aving wheels thereon, of a fender arranged in advance of the front wheels and connected to the axle members and movable to assume the same are of movement as the wheels, yielding means for maintaining the fender in its normally elevated position, and manually operative means for depressing the fender.

10. The combinatlon with an automobile, or like vehicle, provided with front wheels movable at an an le with relation to the body of the automo no or vehicle, of a fender said wheels, the fender being normally elearranged in advance of the front wheels and movable in opposite lateral directions in .consonance with the angular movement of the fender to engage the front wheels and opion erative independently of the movement of I the fender.

12. The combination with an automo le, or like vehicle,- of a fender arranged in advance of the front wheels and movable in opposite lateral directions in consonance with the movement of the wheels, brake attachments carried by portions of the fender toene gage the front wheels and movable independentl of the fender, and means for normally. holding the fender elevated and having suflicient resistance to prevent theapplication of the brake shoes when the fender 1S lowered or depressed.

13. The combination with an automobile, or like vehicle, of a fender arranged in advance of the front wheels and movable in opposite lateral directions in consonance withthe movement of the wheels, brake attachments slidably carried by portions of the fender to engage the front wheels and operative independently of the movement of the fen der, and manual] controllable means connected to the bra e attachmentsi at an angle to the body of the automobile or 14. The combination with an automobile,

' or like vehicle, of a fender arran ed in advance of the front wheels, and bra e attach ments carried by portions of the fender to engage the front Wheels and operative independently of the movement of the fender, and manually controllable means connected to the brake attachments.

15. The combination with an automobile, or like vehicle, provided with wheels movable reduced to fit inside of the front wheels and I the front extremity laterally extended to always project outwardly beyond the said iront Wheels.

16. The combination with an automobile, or like vehicle, of a fenderarranged in advance of the front wheels, braking attachments slidably mounted on portions of the fender and gravitatin 1y returning to normal position when the lender is elevated, and manually controllable means for operating the braking attachments to engage portions of the front Wheels.

17. The combination with an automobile, or like vehicle, of a fender arranged in advance of the front wheels, braking attach ments slidably mounted on portions of the fender and gravitatingly returning to normal position when the fender is elevated, and means cooperating with the braking attachments for holding the latter off the front wheels when ascending an incline.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witto nesses.

J OH N OLEARY.

YVitnesses-r:

NATHAN (J. I-IUns'r. JOHN WATSON. 

